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/threadjack How strict is the boat school when it comes to tunneling through their filters? And consequences with tunneling NMCI?

They stated that this is not a replacement uniform, but an additional uniform. The sweats are still here.

That's the DI's shadow.

Ah crap. We don't need any more John Travolta's.

Not his.

"i lost mine in a boating accident" Let him try.

Extreme maneuvering under chute is definitely carries the highest risk. That's where most divers die, is maneuvers too low to the ground and high speed impact.

So you like the fall more than having fun under chute? That's a good size though for all around fun.

What size canopy do you use?

Haven't seen anything new on this. They actually don't look that bad, compared to what some were thinking last year when it was discussed. Link

They've been using GAU-15/16's from what I've been told. So the weight of a .50BMG isn't a factor. You use what you have, not what you want. So that's probably what they could spare at the time.

The EADS Barracuda UAV already has.

Nothing compares to a great rush of adrenaline. Edit: Not saying I'm going to turn in my chute any time soon.

If I were in that classroom and carrying, he would have been dead.

Even before this thread, I decided not to renew my membership this next year. And a lot of it has to do with what Squeeze pointed out.

^ with 2005 tags? photoshop.

He is definitely one lucky man. I wish I had the opportunity just to see one in person. One absolutely beautiful a/c, and a great killer a/c too.

If firepower is what you want, I'd go after the P-61 black widow. Didn't the Navy get their hands on a few BF-109's? I know the AAC got a hold of a few Fw-190's, by far my favorite prop a/c of the war.

A friend of mine has an apartment in Oceanside and is deploying mid February or March sometime, if that works with your time frame. I can give you her contact info if that works.

UFO's are REAL!! The Air Force doesn't exist.

^ I've wondered about that. Thanks. Looking through this thread, I definitely think like Skidkid when it comes to this.

My bet is on a mix of alcohol and the telling of old stories with a little bit of sore feelings because he was that guy studying his ass off. but I've been wrong before.

Go to keepvid.com and you can download youtube's copy.

Just imagine how much further in aircraft technology we'd be if the Groβdeutsche Reich had lasted just a few more years.

Congrats Hal!

That sounds more like an alarm to jump ship, and fast.

Pre President Paul sounds good though. :icon_tong

I know that theoretically it would work, it's just getting someone to go out and try it. I don't think there would be all that many risks involved with it, shoot, get me a 150 and a hurricane and I'll try it. It would be something cool to video tape though.

They should see if you can take of vertically in a little cessna 150 in a hurricane.

Try rowing.

The show is cool to watch, as just a show. But when they screw up on such simple problems, and expect the impossible, it just pisses me off.

Mythbusters has fvcked up many times before, and I wouldn't be surprised one bit if they fvck this one up too.

The airplane will take off. We've already debated and proven that.

My apologies for the threadjack. Do some of y'all wish we had less restrictions?

Why does is seem like the US has the most restrictions for military aviation?

I say that all the time. And if I do end up getting a ring, that's a good idea.

Holy sh!t. I remember this thread! And Road Program has his wings now! Been a while.....

He's had quite a few strokes over the past few yrs and has lost a lot of his memory. Luckily, some of his strokes set him back to another time, which was when I got many of the stories from him. One set him back to probably the early 50's and he could talk of his days in Naval Flight training...

I found this in the way back of a drawer in my Grandfather's old desk. I knew he did some flight training with the Navy before he went to West Point, but didn't even think he would keep his log book for so long. I only took pics of the first pages, but take a look.

Course change already underway...

I forgot about this. They've been using -52s in Afghanistan for CAS because they could stay on station for a long time with an ass-load of weapons, so why not just put a computer in it and more fuel? It would do a lot more than a little a Reaper or any other UAV.

They are aiming at the pilot and aircraft because they can. Nothing more. To replace bodies on the ground, who are really in harms way, makes much more sense and would replace more bodies with less robots than replacing a single pilot(and nfo or gunner) with a single robot. But they can't go...

Wasn't gettin bent out of shape. Just clarifying and wondering. You never can be safe around some PC-living whores.

It works. I meant both. Since when was "men" and "man" no longer able to be used to include both?

I understand. People usually ask questions for the shorter answer, thus the "not." Another attempt of mine that's not all that clear. My bad.

I wonder how long it'll be till some geeks get paid enough to electronically hijack(:confused:) one of our UAVs and fire on our own guys. Keep the men in the cockpit.

I was thinking more along the lines of "when is it not okay to wear AWGs"

Oo, low blow.